Fakhar-e-Alam (Punjabi, Urdu: فخر عالم) (born 19 January 1976) is a Pakistani actor, singer, songwriter, TV host, video jockey, rapper and producer[1][2] famous for introducing the bhangra-rap fusion genre of music in Pakistan.
[3] In 2018, he became the first and, to date, the only Pakistani in world history to circumnavigate the globe in a solo flight, in what he called Mission Parwaaz.
[7][8] In 2017, Sukhpal Singh Khaira, Leader of the Opposition in India's Punjab Legislative Assembly, alleged that Fakhar-e-Alam's mother Aroosa had affiliations with the ISI and served as a Pakistani spy.
[9][10] Additionally, she was colloquially referred to as the ‘First Lady of Punjab’ due to her relationship with the Amarinder Singh and was reported to have close ties with the Pakistani military establishment.
[5][6] He has acted in movies such as Very Good Dunya Very Bad Log (1998)[6] and in television serials such as Do Biwiyan Ek Bechara (2018).
When he arrived in Karachi in 2004, Fakhar-e-Alam was offered a CEO position in an electronic media marketing company.
[11] In 2016, after the murder of a popular qawwal, Amjad Sabri, in Karachi, Fakhr-e-Alam led a movement pressing for better government security for artists.